Gramophone Awards
2019
Winner - Orchestral

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2018

Anu Komsi (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic, Sakari Oramo

Langgaard, R: Symphony No. 2
Langgaard, R: Symphony No. 6 'Det Himmelrivende' (Heavens Asunder)
Langgaard, R: Symphony No. 14 ‘Morgenen’ (The Morning) BVN 336 (1947-48),
Upaaagtede morgenstjerner, BVN 336:2
Gade, J: Tango Jalousie

Rued Langgaard (1893–1952) was the major Danish late-Romantic composer who did not gain recognition in his mother country. His greatest successes took place in Germany and Austria, where his Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 were met with considerable acclaim. Back home, he never received that kind of backing. He died a careworn and despairing individual. On this recording with one of the world's leading orchestras, the tradition-conscious Vienna Philharmonic, one is therefore able to hear Langgaard's music 'return home' to a central European musical culture. At the same time things were going swimmingly for his colleague Jacob Gade (1879–1963) whose Tango Jalousie has become the absolutely most frequently played piece of Danish music for almost a century.